Two drowned in north Cebu

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 03/27/2016

A 19-year-old college student and a 9-year-old boy drowned on Good Friday and Black Saturday respectively. On Friday, Fyrus Salimbulong drowned when when he jumped off a bridge in Sitio Suba, Barangay Poblacion, Liloan, northern Cebu. Salimbulong,…

Lapu resort’s underwater cleanup nets plastic, bottles

Norman V. Mendoza, PR 02/16/2016

Crimson Resort & Spa Mactan organized the second Dive Against Debris, together with the Lapu-Lapu City government and the different organizations including Task Force Kalikasan and CFARM. The event was participated by more than 80 divers from…

Pagasa lifts gale warning in Central Visayas

Jhunnex Napallacan 01/27/2016

Sea travel to Bohol and other parts of Cebu and Central Visayas resumed past 5 p.m. on Thursday after the weather bureau lifted the gale warning. A fast craft operator at Pier 1 in Cebu City immediately…

PH netters falter in SEA Games

Jade S. Violeta 06/13/2015

THE PHILIPPINES’ hope for gold medals in tennis’ singles events came to an abrupt halt yesterday after Filipino bets in the men and women’s division bowed down to their respective Thai rivals in the 28th Southeast Asian…

Cebu is very ready

Glendale G. Rosal 06/10/2015

AS SATELLITE HOST OF 2019 SEAG Top Cebuano sports heads expressed consolidated excitement over the prospect of the country hosting the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after Brunei Darusallam begged off from hosting the biennial regional games…

Young leaders marching on

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 05/04/2015

I am no fan of boxing, but I agree with someone dear who said, “Manny (Pacquiao) showed the world how having perseverance, patience and passion despite the lack of resources can mean reaching your dream.” One is…

CEBU’S 13: Top Cebuano hoopsters selected to join PH Team pool

Jonas N. Panerio 02/17/2015

Thirteen Cebuanos have been selected to join the huge 50-man pool that will compete for spots for the national team that will vie for gold in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the Southeast Asian Basketball Association…

Azkals still top SEA team

Dale G. Rosal 11/28/2014

The Philippine Men’s National Football Team is still the highest ranked football squad in Southeast Asia in the latest rankings released by FIFA, the world governing body for football. The good news came on the heels of…

Marine advocate, scuba diver Amores laid to rest in Mactan

Norman V. Mendoza 06/28/2014

Alfonso Amores, the reconstructive surgeon and environmentalist scuba diver who died in a diving accident in Surigao Del Sur, was laid to rest yesterday at the Mactan Memorial Gardens after a 10 a.m. Mass at at the…

COSTLY MISTAKE: Kong finishes first in Olanggo Challenge but loses due to technicality

Dale G. Rosal 05/17/2014

It was supposed to be sweet victory for 15-year-old swimmer Michael Ichiro Kong. But a costly mistake cancelled his plans for celebration. Kong, an ace swimmer of the University of Cebu (UC) and the vaunted Cebu Blue…

Tourists with a purpose

Marian Z. Codilla 02/17/2014

With chisel and hammer,  American visitors Mike Herman and Eddie Leazer spent the morning helping repair a fisherman’s boat in barangay Okoy, Bantayan Island. The visitors were not ordinary tourists. The US Army Apache pilots had come…

Over 600 fishing boats distributed to fisherfolks in storm-devastated Bantayan towns

Marian Z. Codilla 02/16/2014

  I don’t know how to react, I am overwhelmed and just cried.” This is what Lilibeth Gidukos, a wife of a fisherman and a mother of seven children said after she lost everything in the horrifying…

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